Decrying
Decrying adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: the usual decrying remarks about the clothes that the stars wore to the awards ceremony
Slighting and decrying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slighting" instead an adjective "Decrying".
Nearby Word: decried
Slighting
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and decrying
- critical and slighting
- opprobrious and decrying
- opprobrious and slighting
- insulting and decrying
- insulting and slighting
- scornful and decrying
- scornful and slighting
- contemptuous and decrying
- contemptuous and slighting
- deprecatory and decrying
- deprecatory and slighting
- depreciative and decrying
- depreciative and slighting
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